Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

The A'Ja Wilson Nike commercial is just a straight up love letter to Black girls. It legit almost made me cry the first time I watched it.

If you want to know what this administration will do, no need to look to European authoritarians.

We had our own in the South in the 50s and 60s, and Trump is following their playbook.

open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

This is an example of how nostalgia for the old days is simply nostalgia for when you were younger.

The idea that America was a post-racial society in the 1970s/1980s only makes sense if you were literally a child at that time and couldn’t observe what any adult was experiencing.

Two special elections for congressional seats in Florida could change the balance in the House.
Dems have raised a ton of $, but Repubs are still favored to win. Dems need to get EVERY REGISTERED DEM VOTER to the poll & every Republican voter concerned abt social Sec.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

Segregation was never just separate facilities
It was paying more & getting less in your neighborhood
It was getting the Phd, but still not getting hired
It was needing police for the police
It was building up a newspaper & having it burned (Wells)
It was building a school & having it shot up (JSU)

My latest on Substack: Jackie Robinson purged from the military web, the Iwo Jima memorial scrubbed of Native Americans and Douthat talks to Bannon about technofeudalism and rich folks' posthuman future, while Teslas are literally burning. Are we great again, yet?
www.joyannreid.com/p/the-daily-...

This is vile.

Oregon’s second-highest court affirmed Wednesday that the voter-approved gun control law Measure 114 is constitutional, potentially clearing the way for the law to take effect after being on hold for years because of a Harney County judge’s ruling. ashland.news/oregon-appea...

UPDATE: From the original poster of the letter on FB:

Poetry Corner: Ashland is alive with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 90th Anniversary Celebration and a vibrant street scene. We celebrate with a pair of poems celebrating theater and Ashland Plaza. ashland.news/poetry-corne...

Whew. This is the question. But we already know the answer, don’t we.

US Brain Drain?

Some countries are rolling out the welcome mat:

Safe Place For Science: Aix Marseille Université ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille Université
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...

I didn’t watch this but am I to understand that an elderly Black man stood up to a fascist, was then escorted out, and most of the white people in the room sat there and did nothing?

Am I getting this right? I want to make sure before I say what I need to say.

The National Weather Service ‘is not wasteful,’ says Oregon state climatologist amid rampant federal job cuts www.opb.org/article/2025...